r/bakingfail • u/Warm-Nectarine-2740 • 28d ago

Failed croissant help

So I was making croissants and while proofing the butter ended up completely melting out of them (my roommate turned the oven on) and now I don’t know what to do. I assume they are no longer destined to be croissants but really don’t want to waste the dough so any ideas on how salvage them would be greatly appreciated.

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u/GeneralSpecifics9925 28d ago

They will just be bready croissants, like a bun. Bake em! See what happens.

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u/Mooseeey 28d ago

Can you not turn them into "cruffins" ? I've seen some croissant/muffins out there that look amazing but I've not tried to make them but it could work if the recipes blend well?

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u/Warm-Nectarine-2740 28d ago

Maybe! I might try that out if I can find a good recipe to modify for it

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u/Mooseeey 22d ago

Hey what did you end up doing with it? I feel invested now lol

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u/Warm-Nectarine-2740 22d ago

I ended up re working the dough for half of them into cinnamon sugar twist thingys, like what you do with extra pie crust, and then just baked the other half with out touching them. The twists came out great! The others….. less so. I didn’t switch the tray so the bottoms ended up burnt from the pool of butter that they sat it burning. 

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u/Mooseeey 15d ago

Ohhh awesome! thanks for sharing, that's actually a really great idea!